Amneal Pharmaceuticals Hydrocodone 10-325 (Page 8)

I have been taking hydrocodone 10-325 (made by Watson) for about a year. I picked up my prescription yesterday and instead of the normal yellow pill, I received a white oblong pill imprinted with m367 on it. I took 2 for breakthrough pain and had no relief what-so-ever. I called the pharmacy and was told that they will no longer be able to get the med from Watson. Does anyone know what has happened? I have chronic pain, and these white ones from Amneal Pharmaceuticals is not going to cut it. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Re: w john (# 140)

I could not agree with you more and thank you for the additional insight. As I sit here with a massive migraine, trying to function it just boggles my mind that this is happening as I have a proper doctor with a proper diagnosis and under-medicate myself and yet does it even matter really that I go through the proper channel??? That answer is no.....The manufacturers to your point are deciding what I can and cannot take and it's just wrong on so many levels. I think the scariest point you mentioned was that the "minority" is yelling the loudest so it's creepy that for the "majority" it's not an issue but ultimately the ones being effected the largest amount. It's a shame that no lawyers are picking this up as the lives lost to opioid abuse are now going to be lost to people that cannot live a life in pain.

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Re: w john (# 119)

Generics are more of a risk of life! J's! My experience,now I have a constant pain in my gut after taking amneal,mad me very very sick,now have to have more medical tests! Go figure!? Good luck all!!!

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Re: Mary (# 141)

You are probably familiar with the term SILENT MAJORITY. This is what we have now with the so called "opioid crisis". The majority of long term chronic pain patients that receives opioid pain medications are afraid to make themselves known because they are afraid that they will be called "chasers" and labeled with other unflattering terms. There was a time when there could be civil discourse with the Doctors, Pharmacists, and others involved but not anymore. If you say one word that is considered positive about opioid pain medications there is a fear of being dropped from the prescription of these medications. The fear of losing their prescriptions keeps a strong majority silent. This is why the minority of screamers and rabble rousers get all of the attention and the majority of chronic pain patients just sit back and take it.

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Re: Mary (# 139)

Amneal is garbage made by a garbage company!! Sick of the crummy generics being pushed on us!!

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Yes,and I want to return them to my pharmacy, because they're junk! I have a birth defect, and my spinal canal is half the size of a normal adult. With issues Im having with my neck ,and back its causing my spine to flatten. I might as well be taking a baby aspirin. Amneal needs to be investigated, because whatever filler they're using in the narco's is garbage!

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Re: Lynn (# 142)

I have been on Amneal case for over a year now. It is s***!! Take what is left back to your doc and have them write you a new prescription for the balance. Report to the pharmacy where you got the Amneal and let them know the side affects. Also report to FDA. Keep a pill or 2 to be analyzed. Dont waste your time reporting to Amneal. I got hung up on or the phone just rang. There have been many complaints against this company for the lousy quality and bad side effects. I have learned to ask the manufacturer of the medicine of the pharmacist before I accept it. If its Amneal I refuse it. Once you take it it cant be returned so always ask. If they only stock Amneal get your script back and call other pharmacies to see what they have. This drug and its company need to be investigated!! Their so called medicine is poison!!

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Re: ThunderHeart (# 146)

Agreed! I reported to Amneal and received an email stating they found no issues. I also reported it to the FDA and Walgreens pulled it from their shelves at my pharmacy due to the side affects so many customers encountered. SOMETHING in the ingredients are toxic to our system. It will be unfortunately years before someone files a class action against them and it settles, as it’s only a matter of time before someone gets so sick from their medications that it causes an irreversible side effect.

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Re: Patsysd (# 147)

Amneal of course says nothing is wrong. They told me the same. Screw them. I notified the FDA. Always keep a pill or 2 aside so FDA can test. I got so sick from amneal pain medicine I almost went to ER. Its so nasty!!
Everyone that has side affects from this nasty medicine needs to report to pharmacy and FDA!!
Thank you for reporting!

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Yes I am having the same problem. And I still haven’t found a Pharamcy that carries the Watson brand.

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Re: Mary (# 139)
Mary [ or anyone else ] have you had any luck finding a pharmacy in or near Sacramento that carries Qualitest yellow Norco { made by Phar Pharm. now I think }.? I had a pharmacy tell me today they don't carry that product because of to many break-ins into their store. They agree it was their best generic Norco for pain, this is so wrong for chronic pain suffers . Junkies screwing up treatment for people that have a real need for pain relief

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The M367 are made by Mallinckrodt not Amneal but I get the Mallinckrodt and no they don’t work as well as they did before the so called opioid crisis.

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Re: Maria (# 151)

I've been using the Mallinckrodt brand with M367 for a long time. I haven't noticed any decrease in quality, but it's been a while since I've tried a different brand. Sometimes when they don't seem to work as well, it could just be our tolerance level changing. I try to prevent that by always taking the same amount each day as prescribed. That seems to work for me. But I'm sure they don't work as well as they used to. And that would be the same for any brand. The longer one takes narcotic pain meds, the less effective they become. It would be interesting to test the yellow Qualitest now, and see if I notice a difference. I don't think I've ever had that Amneal brand. After reading the comments here, I hope my pharmacy doesn't switch to it.

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Re: Ky woman (# 28)

I have the same problem with Amneal cvs switched and didn’t tell me they don’t work for pain at all and I have upset stomach heartburn and terrible nightmares

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10-325 is oxycodone percocet the m367 is hydrocodone not as strong as the yellow pills you were given

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Re: Patsysd (# 147)

What state did they pull them off the shelves I’m so glad Amneal is finally being recognized as bad medicine

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Re: Led (# 152)

On most cases I would agree with u until I had 3 different meds do this. A beta blocker, a proton pump inhibitor and an opioid. All three brands were changed at different times. All 3 new generics were much less effective! The qualitiest hydrocodone/acetaminophen worked much better than mallincrodt or amneal products. I didn’t build tolerance overnight.

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Re: w john (# 143)

U r right ! We r bullied! It’s politically incorrect to take be pro opioid. I thought it was politically incorrect to bully disabled people... people in chronic pain are disabled! We r afraid to speak up about any wrong or abuse because we r at risk of being labeled negatively. I complained to pharmacist about defective generic opioid they just look at u ! If I say same about a proton pump inhibitor. They engage and report complaints immediately. I had older 5mg Watson hydrocodone m/apap pill that I found in my bag. Took it and had pain relief. Took my new amneal 10 mg hydrocodone/apap and nothing

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I’ve had the same problem with hydrocodone and also Adderall with some brands not working while others do.

But on the Adderall, even the same pills get changed about every 3 months, working, then about 3 months not working. I’ve gone thru this with every manufacture that works for me on the Adderall. I’ve found that if I rotate between the ones that work for me, every 4th month, I hit about 90% getting a pill that personally works for me, every time.

On the HYDROCODONE, I think it started a little over a year ago, I’ve been taking this medication for 12 years and all of a sudden I was getting meds that were not working for my chronic pain. That’s when I talked to the pharmacist to ask why this is happening. I learned about the rule of % they can deviate, so I had to start paying attention to which manufacturers worked for me personally.

I have 2 that are effective to my pain relief needed; Mallincrofdt and Watson.

So every month when I see my pain doctor, I keep my prescription on hand and when I’m at a point that I can go out the door to fill my prescription,

I begin by calling my regular pharmacy, and I have them check their system, to find out if they have either of the meds that work for me as stated above, if they do not, I have them check their system for any of their other locations). If not, I go to Walgreens next to check their locations, I can usually find it within these 2 phone calls, but have had to search further or wait a number of days till my brand was shipping in. I refuse to but a month worth of meds that will not work for me any longer.

In both cases, I have built up like 20 backup pills so when this happens I don’t run completely out, that took me awhile, but I did it, and I try to rebuild it thru that next month to have again if it happens. It’s way better to suffer a little while building up, than to get a months worth of s***!

My pain doctor knows and understands why I do this 20 pill back up. I see complaints constantly about people and their pain doctors. My pain doctor,is the most wonderful, caring, conscientious doctor I’ve ever known in any of the medical fields. He takes specimens regularly and I don’t blame him, but he is all about the patient and doing what he can to help relieve their pain. He even asked me if I wanted to try using some compounded creams and patches for pain relief while giving me the same amount for one month so I could see if it worked for me. I did, and I was able to start using them regularly and cut down pain pills by 1, and then months later successfully cutting down another pill also. He doesn’t force anything on anyone, he just wants to help the best he can. He tries different things till he finds what right for each person, and he gives the best shots, radiofrequency shots plus many other types, I was afraid of needles till I went to him. If anyone needs a referral in Salt Lake City area, let me know, i believe he’s one of a kind, which all my referred people all feel the same way about him.

I hope this helps someone out there to get the constant pain relief that us chronic pain patients need and deserve to get when we fill our prescriptions. And I would think that if your pain doctor is one of those that doesn’t care about you, there has to be another one by you who does, prayers and blessings to you all.

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I have complained to amneal and have an open case on the complaint. I am sending sample in with complaint also.

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Marjorieson (# 158) --

Great, please let us know the outcome. Thanks.

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